Al-Hakim I

al-Hakim I (1240-19 January 1302) was the Abbasid Caliph from 21 November 1262 to 19 January 1302, succeeding al-Mustansir II and preceding al-Mustakfi II.

Biography
al-Hakim was the great-great-great-grandson of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustarshid, and he managed to escape to Damascus when Baghdad was sacked by the Mongol Empire. In 1262, he was proclaimed Caliph in Cairo after the death of al-Mustansir II in battle near Hit, only to be imprisoned int he citadel of Cairo by thee Mamluks until 1296. In 1296, he was allowed to live in the city and given a higher pension, and he died in 1302.